I have always had a thing for South Africa!

What can I say, South Africa has always been that country for me.
I want to go there so badly.

After I read the very well written article by Aulia (http://bit.ly/LlBZjH)
from Indonesia who was talking about her love for India, I
thought to myself, "hey, why not pen down something about my most
favorite destination as well." This thought brought back all
those wonderful reasons I have for South Africa.

Have you ever heard someone speak zulu? They have this thing
where they do a click sound when pronouncing some words. I find
it mysterious and funny in an awesome way. It is one of those
lingoes I want to learn just for the sake of it. Their accent
when they are speaking English is also somehow similar to the way
people from my tribe do it. This makes it easy for me to fake
their accent quite easily; I can pass for a South African any
day.

Their music is also really amazing! South Africa’s music has been
playing in Kenya as far back as I can remember. Brenda Fassie,
Hugh Masekela and Yvonne Chaka Chaka were producing some of the
most popular tunes in the country since back in the day;
Vulindela and Umgombothi are just to name a few. Nowadays we have
HHP, Proverb, Liquid deep and Mafiki zolo, to name but a few.
Their songs are rocking in Kenyan clubs like its local
productions…khona…khona …hehe. The beauty of South African music
is the African beat still attached to them. This makes it
attractive to a lot of Africans. Don't get me started because
it's just so amazing!

And then we have their President. The Alpha Zulu himself.
President Jacob Zuma! How many wives does he have again? Politics
aside, I think Zuma is a pretty cool guy. He is widely loved in
my country. The last time he was here he received a very warm
reception by my people. I don’t really know why we love him so
much, but maybe it's because he represents a very great country.

On some serious matters, South Africa has recently signed a law
that will provide wage subsidies to employers who hire youth in
special economic zones. This will be a great incentive to ensure
more and more employers to overlook the issue of experience and
employ a lot of youth. This is probably one of the greatest steps
any African country has taken in a bid to tackle the issue of
youth employment. While other African countries are talking about
how big an issue youth unemployment is, South Africa has made a
legal commitment to tackle it.

At the moment I am not in a position to travel down south and
explore this amazing country, but I believe I will be there very
soon. Very, very soon I will see you South Africa. Very soon.